In late December, we may finally sum up the year. What was it like for us? Who was the main newsmaker, the setter of widely acknowledged trends and the source of cultural achievements? Geniusbeauty.com recalls the most remarkable features of the year 2011. Full story

Meryl Streep is 62 years old, and in January 2012 the American edition of Vogue will be published with the actress on the cover for the first time. Full story

A collection by Karl Lagerfeld, which he created specifically for online fashion stores Net-a-Porter, will go on sale on January 5. Full story

The Simpson sisters demonstrate by their actions, rather than by words, that children and pregnancy do not interfere with the active work: the girls have recently presented a new collection of clothes for young people in New York. Full story

Besides music, Amy Winehouse had another passion, and it was fashion. Shortly before her death, the singer managed to create two fall-winter and spring-summer collections for Fred Perry. The last one has gone on sale recently. Full story

Another gossip about the situation in Dior has appeared, and this time it is as close to the reality as possible. Marc Jacobs has given a resolute refusal as to the position of the creative director of Dior offered to him, and other fashion designers are diplomatically "boycotting» LVMH because of the "inhuman" attitude to John Galliano. Full story